MARKED MAN: Ross Barkley was not at his best against Swansea but Phil Jagielka has backed him to deal with being stifled [GETTY]

Barkley, 20, was below his best as the Toffees were held to a goalless draw by 10-man Swansea.

The Everton star was man marked throughout the game and often had two or three opponents to shake off.

But Jagielka believes Barkley will adapt to being stifled and backed him to find ways to hit back when teams single him out.

The Toffees captain said: "That is what happens to the best players. They watch the videos of him and they do target him to make sure if they keep him quiet in a game it can affect his team.

"He is going to have to deal with it and I can't see it getting much easier for him as he goes on in his career but he's more than capable than dealing with it.

"Nothing gets him down. If you look at this game, I wouldn't say it was his best game but he kept on going, kept on going, kept on going.

"A lot of people in that situation can hide and not want the ball but I'd never expect Ross to be one of those players."

Barkley's persistence was shown in the dying moments when he started the move that led to Samuel Eto'o crossing for Romelu Lukaku, only for the Belgium striker to be a stud's length away from tapping in a winner.

“I can't see it getting much easier for him as he goes on in his career but he's more than capable than dealing with it”

Phil Jagielka

Roy Hodgson announces his England squad for the Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia on Thursday and Barkley is expected to be involved which is the next step of his education according to Jagielka.

He added: "It will be nice for Ross to get away and hopefully get some game time for England, get his confidence up and kick start his season.

"We all know how much ability he has, it is nice for him to have some lessons or learning curves along the way so the manager is open to him playing at international level as most managers should do."

Swansea had Jonjo Shelvey sent off for two yellow cards, the second coming 18 minutes from the end for hauling down man of the match James McCarthy.

But the Swans were denied two penalties in the game - the first when Antolin Alcaraz handled Shelvey's shot in the area and the second when Jefferson Montero stayed on his feet following a mistimed tackle from Seamus Coleman.

Swansea boss Garry Monk has been involved in a tit-for-tat row with Stoke boss Mark Hughes over his claims about Victor Moses diving to win a penalty when they played recently.

And Monk believes Montero's honesty to stay up proves his side are not setting double standards.

He said: "Even the Everton fans thought the challenge on Montero by Coleman was a penalty.

"He didn't go down, no, and that's because it is something I try to promote. We have spoken about it as a team, and we don't want to be going down to win penalties."